#linux ftw

[tyraeklouds]

Can any of you Microsoft Windows worshipers tell me what the fuck happens with Windows to where some times the print screen button let's you select an area, some times it just screenshot the whole screen, sometimes it prompts you to use fucking the dumb ass snippit tool, and sometimes it doesn't do shit at all!?

Fucking christ this is literally the worst fucking software!

[alexzehooman]

Just got a new laptop and i forgot just how much i hate Windows

i wanna go back to Linux but parents think thats what broke my last one and won't let me

Gods Above this suck

[spacefaxy]

Shit like that made me drop Windows all together some years ago tbh

A boy can dream, can't he?

[funnydishserver42]

forgot to add an idc option sorry guyz

[chrisabraham]

I had to write a bunch of shell scripts and other Linux Mint stuff but this is my "Linovo" x220's new dedicated Zoom and Meets Bluetooth headset from refurbished Blue Parrot M300-XT world! Success! Command line FTW.

[tyraeklouds]

Man, Microsoft really has the market cornered on security. Make the boot up take 30 minutes so the thief gets tired of waiting and gives up.

How the fuck to people function with these absolute garbage machines?

[demonsarefriendly9198]

Nov. 19, 2019

Well today wasn’t too bad. I felt better this morning. Still not great, but better still than yesterday, and certainly the day before. The only problem was my eczema flaring up. Ugh. And to think I didn’t even ahve to deal with eczema this time last year.

Other than that, I had a hell of a time working on my computer. Time for a rant...

So being a CS major, I started using Linux -- that’s the platform on which the majority of development occurs. I love Linux because I hate Microsoft’s inability to make an operating system that works, and because Linux OSes give me more freedom for customization.

Anyways, there is a plethora of Linux OSes out there. I was previously using Ubuntu because that’s the best-known system, and it’s relatively stable. That’s all well and good, but the software packages are only updated when there’s a new release of the OS -- every other year. Being that the most recent stable release of Ubuntu was in 2018, the packages are effectively a year old on that system. I found that unacceptable.

So what did I do? I switched to Fedora, one of the other “big name” Linux systems. The Fedora devs release a new version very six months, which means upgrading is going to be kind of annoying. But. their package repositories are more up-to-date, meaning my computer can stay more up-to-date. Yay for that. So we’re running Fedora now.

Installing an operating system sucks though, no matter what, because you have to start all over from square one again.

The other thing that sucks is that I dual-boot, meaning I have Windows and Linux running on the same computer, and can switch with just a reboot. Why do I have both? Two reasons:

1. Sibelius, a music notation software. I like the workflow, and the sound samples are absolutely gorgeous. Oh, and it’s a proprietary program, the license for which I paid a good bit of money to obtain. 2. PC gaming. Gaming on Linux is coming along very well, but it still isn’t perfect, meaning Windows is really the best way to go.

A Windows compatibility layer for Linux does exist, but programs don’t always run smoothly through them, if they even run, meaning they might be better off run natively on Windows. This is especially true for proprietary programs, like Sibelius and most video games.

The day that Linux is able to fully replace Windows in all aspects as a daily system is the day I dream of. That is the day I wipe the Windows partition from any computer I will ever own and run Linux 24/7 without a backward glance, because the above points are literally the only reasons I hang onto Windows. I have a music typesetting program that runs on Linux, and produces some of the most beautiful sheet music I’ve ever seen, but the MIDI files it generates sound like nails on a chalkboard, so that’s just for prints. As for gaming, well... I’m not giving that up any time soon. Ugh.

[tokinanpa]

so I've been bashing my head against my computer for the past few hours because system management is hard

I like to use emacs as my primary text editor (doom emacs ftw), but it doesn't look all that good on my machine because I use a wayland-based window manager, and without native wayland support emacs looks kinda awful

The image compression makes this look better, but it still looks awful. Look at them pixels...

anyways, I wanted to update to emacs 29, which has native GTK (cross-platform) support, and I decided now was a good time to update my NixOS configuration at the same time

the problem is that apparently the nix package manager doesn't have emacs 29 at all yet, so now I have to figure out how to roll my own package for it, and updating my machine at the same time broke the system I was using to compile my linux kernel (I use a hacked microsoft surface laptop so I need to patch linux to support it)

so now my entire config is just broken. love when that happens.

(luckily NixOS supports rolling back configuration, so my computer isn't completely fucked from that... but it still sucks)

[nixcraft]

Red Pill or Blue Pill - Which Is Better? Is it better to free your mind? Or live in blissful ignorance? Linux, FTW.

Open your mind.

[programmerhumor-io]

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[ryxians]

You can mock Mac OS all you want, Windows 11 is terrible and clearly the inferior operating system. Anyway, I’m switching to SteamOS. Linux FTW

[chrisabraham]

KDE Neon Linux updates FTW!

[mrhackerco]

Permission Manager – Bring Sanity To Kubernetes RBAC And Users Management #brings #ftw #k8s #kubeconfig #kubernetes #hacker #hacking #cybersecurity #hackers #linux #ethicalhacking #programming #security #mrhacker

[n0kkie]

Feelin' to upgrade from a 970 FTW Edition GPU to a 1650ti (I think that's what my boy said lol) soon .. gonna build my mom a wicked awesome desktop for schoolin' and casual video watchin' over on the streaming services .. . . °#PCMasterRace ° #BattleStation ° #PC ° #RGB ° #LED ° #LEDs ° #LightShow ° #RGBAllTheThings ° #SSD ° #HDD ° #Custom ° #BuiltNotBought ° #Linux ° #Ubuntu ° #FreeAsInFreedom ° #Free ° #Gaming ° #Gamer ° #Game ° #Games ° #Nerd ° #Geek ° #NerdLife ° #GeekLife ° #AMD ° #Fancy ° #Snazzy ° #Spiffy ° #Flashy ° #Wired | | [RGB]™ .. It just says "Serious Performance" https://www.instagram.com/p/B7SvEvIFWnN/?igshid=1q7jtb1kdorj0

[eggman-is-fat-mkay]

have you touched literally any of the commonly recommended first-time-Linux-user distros (Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS, heck even Manjaro) at any point in the last five years? or talked to anyone who has?

it has been a capital W While since you have needed to open the terminal in order to do anything a non-developer or user of hyper-specific software would need to do day to day. Linux had an app store before even MacOS did and the modern ones beat the pants off the Microsoft store in terms of polish. You want vidya? Pull up the app store, Steam is right there in the curated app section, you don't even have to scroll. One click installation, boot it up, pick any game you want, press play, Proton automatically configures itself, game works just the same as on Windows. 99% of cases no configuration required. Need a browser? Firefox comes preinstalled and Chrome is in the app store if for some reason you want it. Need to edit a PDF? Download Libreoffice and do it without giving Adobe (or anyone else) money. Wanna make digital art? Krita's in the app store right next to Steam, Photoshop works in Wine now, and Linux comes preinstalled with touch drivers for your graphics tablet (monolithic kernel ftw).

Need to change your screen resolution, sound output device, WiFi, Bluetooth etc. etc. etc.? Open up KDE Settings Panel which works more or less exactly the same as the equivalent Windows dialog except it has features Windows doesn't (e.g. change which codec your Bluetooth headset is using to make it sound better, change which speaker an application is playing sound through, or route it through multiple speakers).

Printers, Bluetooth, graphics tablets and some games all work better on Linux than on Windows these days.

What the actual hell are you talking about with those tags? There are a couple rough edges, sure -- notably fan/RGB configuration on laptops (what do you expect when we have to rebuild the manufacturer proprietary software from scratch?) and performance with Nvidia GPUs being a little lackluster (thanks primarily to Nvidia giving the entire Linux developer community the middle finger for moar money reasons) -- and I'll be the first to admit that the Linux user community can be quite elitist (and that's why I always advise people to stay the hell away from them), but I've been using linux for 9 years and I've never experienced or even heard of anything like "seemingly spiteful continuous stream of Linux Pee"

i think about this every so often

[amazingworkspaces-blog]

The Battlestation (and a bit of history) Workspace

Here are some of the products that make this workspace an Amazing Workspace:

Xbox One Elite Controller

Once I received all three monitors and set them up it became readily apparent I needed a new desk as the screens hung off the edges by about 4 inches on each side. I ended up buying an Uplift sit/stand desk base and putting a 96x30" maple packing table top from Uline on it.

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @4.8GHz (equivalent to a 5930K)

Acer XB271HK 2160p@60Hz w/ gsync

Desk at standing height. Arch's display blanks much quicker than W10 and I'm too lazy to change the settings.

Peripherals:

Schiit Stack (Modi/Magni 2 Uber)

EK Supremacy EVO X99 Waterblock

12x Corsair ML120 Fans

Zowie EC1-A Mouse

EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid

I finished with cable management today and I can finally share my battlestation!

EK GTX 970 Waterblock

Caselabs S8

Initially I had purchased a Xeon E5-1650v4 right when it launched. Unfortunately I soon discovered that the v4 Xeons were the first generation that intel would prevent overclocking on. So i sold the v4 and purchased a used E5-1650v3 from hardforum. The chip is an excellent overclocker and I found that I was hitting the thermal limitations of my h115i well before I was hitting the chips maximums.

Audio:

From left to right the monitors are XB271HU, XB271HK and PB258Q.

If you plan on spending the money for a top-end rig, please please please, spend another $200 to make sure a power surge doesn't fry it. This UPS (1500PFCLCD) provides 900W of power and will shut down your computer safely if it detects a power outage. It can also display your system's current power usage which is nice. Mine idles between 120W and 220W. The highest I've seen was 600W when i was stress testing the CPU at 1.4V

Dual DDC Pumps w/ EK dual top

I can however recommend purchasing a toothed wire conduit. Keeps everything very nice and organized. All the wires from my desk go directly underneath to the conduit and then out the side to a neoprene sleeve and over to the computer's IO.

At the time I finished the build in it's current form, I was still using two 21.5 inch 1080p Samsung monitors and my GTX 1080 had never seen more than 30% load in-game. I purchased all three of my current monitors used from r/hardwareswap.

With the top off. These are the fans for the roof rads. All of the raditor fans, including the two in the front go to the same PWM fan hub seen here. The case fans are on a separate fan hub. The entire top including rads and fans can be removed in less than a minute by disconnecting two QDCs and undoing four screws.

Asus PB258Q 1440p@60Hz

Modhouse Audio Argon Headphones

The blue thing is the transformer for the white CCFL hidden down below, between the two roof rads.

The vast majority of my setup has been obtained used, either through r/hardwareswap or hardforum . I cannot recommend going the used route enough. It has saved me a ton of money and allowed me to meet more of my fellow PC enthusiasts.

In all its glory. Apologies for the picture quality. My obsession for expensive niche hobbies hasn't yet entered the photography realm (thank god).

Currently I am running a VFIO setup. Windows runs in a VM on top of Arch Linux for the sole purpose of gaming. The VM is given its own dedicated GTX1080 via IOMMU / VT-D, resulting in very minimal performance drop (5%) when compared to a virtualized GPU. In this photo the windows VM is running on the left two monitors while Arch is running on the vertical monitor powered by a 970. With the program Synergy you can move the mouse from the windows VM across the Arch seamlessly exactly like normal multiple monitor setups. I went this route because I wanted to use linux as my daily driver but I game a lot and I dislike dual boot. Unfortunately my previous CPU did not support Directed I/O, which started me on the upgrade path that ends in the picture above.

Rama M10-A on the right. The macro-pad has two layers at the moment. The first layer is bound to volume/media functions. If you hold the big brown key down like a modifier, you can access the second layer. I use that to control the windows VM (power on+off, disconnect devices/monitors, etc).

I attached a dual monitor bar to an Ergotech HD and I CANNOT reccomend doing that. While the arm itself is strong enough to support both monitors, the tilt spring behind the vesa plate is not and sags horribly. At some point i may test if one monitor alone is too light for the arm in which case I'll buy a second. But for now I ended up sticking a small block of wood behind it to keep it level and it works good enough.

2x EK XT 360 Radiators

Cooling:

WD Red 4tb & 1tb

Specs:

The loop goes:

Rama M-10A Macropad

EVGA GTX 970 SC

Samsung 750 EVO 250GB

AT2020USB

It was at this point I began looking into custom liquid cooling. Conveniently enough, the same seller from hardforum happened to be selling his caselabs S8 from a different build, along with the rads and the CPU block. All I needed was a few extra fittings and GPU blocks.

Working with the Caselabs S8 is the first time I ever felt the word "chassis" was appropriate for the cases we build in. It's endlessly customizable and built like a tank. I've always found beauty in function and all of their cases are stunning.

1x EK XT 240 Radiator

PCGR Modular Gaming Keyboard V2 w/ Gateron Greens and GMK caps

Schiit Stack on the left.

EK GTX 1080 FTW Waterblock

Unfortunately the desk base is Chinese crap and can only support 300lbs. With the weight of the maple top, and the monitor arms and peripherals, I do not trust the desk to also support the rig. Not having the computer on the desk has made cable management a royal pain in the ass. Every single cable that goes from my rig to my desk has to be a minimum of 15' long, or there will not be enough slack to allow the desk's full range of motion. I ended up buying $60 worth of cable management supplies to alleviate the rats nest that accumulated under my desk.

64GB Cruicial ECC RAM @2133MHz

The CPU sits at around 75C during stress tests at 1.35V. The 1080 never gets above 45C even during extended gaming sessions at 100% load.

Asus X99-E WS/USB 3.1

Acer XB271HU 1440p@165Hz w/ gsync

Reservoir >> Pumps >> 970 >> 1080 >> Roof Rads >> CPU >> Front Rad >> Reservoir